Leonard donahue



L. DONAHUE.

TELLER'S WINDOW FOH BANK PARTITIONS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 1. 1919.

' 1 ,3 1 1,5 1 3 Putonlvd Sept. 2, 1919.

LEONARD DONAHUE, 0F VEBZDUN, QUEBEC,

TELLERS WINDOW FOR BAN K PARTITIONS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 2, 1919.

Application filed April 7, 1919. Serial No. 288,155.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I,'LE0NARD DONAHUE, asubject of the King of Great Britain residing at Verdun, Province ofQuebec, anada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTellers Windows for Bank Partitions; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact .description of the invention,such as will onable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to tellers windows for bank partitions and theprincipal object thereof is to provide a window that is bullet proof, atthe same time the cashier and customer being visible to each other, andwherein means are provided for readily passing money from the teller tothe aforesaid customer.

Another object of the invention resides in the .provision of means,whereby conversation may be distinctly carried on between the twoparties, and for li hting'the window.

A further object of t e invention is to provide a bullet proof counterfor the prevention of shooting under the window.

With the above and other objects in view which will hereinafter appearas the descri tion continues, the invention consists of t e novelfeatures of construction, combination and formation of parts as will behereinafter more fully described and articularly pointed out in the apended claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been shown a simple and preferred formof the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation isnecessarily made to the precise structural details herein exhibited, butthe right is hereby reserved to any changes, alterations ormodifications to which recourse may be had that come within the scope ofthe claims without departin from the spirit of the invention orsacrificing the efficiency of the same.

Further objects will be apparent from the following specification,appended claims and drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is an elevational view of my improved device attached to thebank partition;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on line 2 2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional e'levational view of a portion of thepartition glass;

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view of a modification of the partitionglass;

Figs. 5 and 6' are diagrammatical views 5, the latter being sopositioned to throw the light downwardly toward the counter. This domeis secured to the panel 3 by screws and the glass 2 carries an upperframe 6 and lower frame 7.

A counter 8 is provided with a longitudinal concaved portion 9 and iscovered with a sheet of some soft metal, such as zinc or lead, so thatthe money passed thereover will have a tendency to slide easilythereover.

The glass window 2, is supported at the side edges in the partitionchannels and is connected to the dome 4, by a strip of wire netting 10,which is secured to the frame 6 of the window and fastened to the domeby screws.

The lower frame 7 of the glass window 2 is positioned centrally of theconcaved ortion 9 of the counter and spaced there om to form an openingto allow money or papers to be passed thereunder.

By this construction the teller and customer are at all times visible toeach-other and conversation carried on will pass through the wirenetting 10. To render the glass window bullet proof, I have molded inthe same the reinforcing wires 11 so that should the teller be fired atthe said wires 11, would deflect the bullet.

To prevent the shooting of the teller under the window or through thecounter, I provide a sheet of steel 12, which latter is disposed betweenthe counter 8 and the sill 13, so that a bullet fired under the window,will pass through the soft metal and impinge against the steel sheet 12.

A modified construction of the window is are separated by the flat bars15 and the 4 on a diagio v protected from the gun play of a robber Istrips have portion s ;overlyingthe glam sections 14 at their point ofconnection with the bars l5'and screws 17, hold the strips, onto the'said .bars.

The glass, windowhmay be positioned'in a vertical planefias illustratedin Fi 5, or;

nal plane illustrated in ig. 6. A furt er modification illustrated inFig;

7,. provides for two divergently mounted sheets of glass 18* and '19,betweenwhich is disposed'a, center 'sheet20. It is obvious that theteller i's'at all times and at the same time perfect visionand hearingis maintained between the teller and the customer.- g Having thus fullydescribed my invention, what I claim as new and desire to se-" cure byLetters Patent 1s:

1. A tellers window for bank partitions, comprising a counter having aconcaved portion therein, a sheet ofglass mounted in the partition andhaving one end projecting within the 'conca'ved portion of said counter,

1' A tellers window for partitions,

comprising 'acounter and having a concavedchannel extend ng the lengththereof, a sheet of glass mounted in' said partition and having ts lowerend" extending within and spaced from bottom of said channel, a

he dome secured izo said partition and disposed above the said glass,incandescent globes ar-e ranged lnsaid dome for, directing light towardthe said glass, a screen secured to the dome and glass, through whichconversation is adapted to pass from one side of the I window to theother.v

4, tellers window for bank partitions, comprising a counter, .a glassmounted in said partition above said counter, said glass (havingremforcmg bars mounted therein and a lighting dome connected with saidglass and providing a space through which conversation is adapted topass from one side of the glass to the other.

'5. A tellers window for bank partitions,

comprising a sheet of reinforced glass mounted therein, a counterarranged in said partition and formed with a. channel, the

said glass having its lower end projecting within but s aced above thebottom portion of said 0% v partition and glass and positioned to form aspace between the glass and dome, and a steel plate mounted on saidcounter.

- In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

LEONARD'DONAHUE,

annel, a dome secured to the,

